The President addressed the nation in the wake of another mass shooting on Thursday in the State of Oregon, where 13 people were killed and about 20 were injured, as he called for stricter gun regulation.
According to The New York Times, Obama acknowledged his own powerlessness to prevent another tragedy and pleaded with voters to force change themselves.
"I’d ask you to think about how you can get our government to change these laws, and to save these lives and let these people grow up", he said
In this sense, organizations like the National Rifle Association (NRA) has successfully fought most limits on gun use and manufacture and has pushed through legislation in many states making gun ownership far easier.
NRA executive vice-president declared after the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
Obama sought to answer that question years ago. After the massacre in 2012 of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, he promised to use all the powers of his office to push for legislative changes that polls suggest were widely supported.
Obama unveiled a proposal to overhaul the nations gun laws that would have included universal background checks and a spate of other measures he deemed "concrete steps" aimed at preventing more mass shootings.
However, lawmakers from both parties forcefully rejected the centerpiece of the presidents gun control agenda, a decision described by the White House as a "shameful day" in Washington.
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